Ke$ha performs at Moody Coliseum (MICHAEL DANSER/The Daily Campus)

For the past weeks, students wanting to “throw some glitter, make it rain” have been talking, texting and tweeting about Ke$ha’s concert nonstop.

The Facebook newsfeed has been littered with statuses updating about the singer, getting “$leazy” and what to wear to the concert.

Donning body glitter, rave colors and blue lipstick, SMU students, TCU students and Dallas residents packed Moody Coliseum for SMU Program Council Presents: Ke$ha with Beardo Thursday evening.

Ke$ha’s show opened with an act by Beardo and the concert’s title song, “Get Sleazy.”

The show included many of Ke$ha’s number-one hits, as well as the use of glitter cannons.

“We got Ke$ha because her people contacted us. She’s on this secret little college tour,” Program Council’s Speaker Chair Tareen Rahman said. “I’m so excited. Everything is going according to plan.”

Elise McDonald, vice president of programming for Program Council, explained that they were able to book the singer in the fall because of “a lot of luck.”

“We were in the right place at the right time,” she said. “We’ve been planning for a long time.”

SMU student Tanner Hegefeld was “very excited, Ke$ha excited! It’s like a dirt and glitter bonanza here.”

Hegefeld’s favorite Ke$ha song is “Tik Tok” because “everything just clicked with that song. It’s a like a dirty Lady Gaga.”

International studies major George Williams is excited because he “likes to dance, and likes Ke$ha.”

For Haley Finkenbinder and Charlotte Seelen, it took a “lot of planning” to get organized and ready for the concert, but both were pretty excited to be there.

Many girls came dressed in Ke$ha’s “garbage chic,” which ranged from an assortment of neon style clothes, glitter, blue makeup and grunge clothing.

Roommates Kellen Kasey and Lauren Adams took their concert wardrobe seriously, even drawing Ke$ha’s trademark “get sleazy” tattoo.

“This is the most excited I’ve ever been in my whole life,” Casey said.First year students Grace Mueller and Kelley Mathison also dressed in glitter-grunge.

“We got really dressed up, so did our friends, hopefully others did too,” Mathison said.

Mueller and Mathison planned to “party until 5 a.m.” because they will watch the Royal Wedding after the Ke$ha concert.

Mueller said that Mathison and she will change from “sleazy to elegant.”

In preparation for the $leazy concert, first year SMU student Mary Adger Bowen has had a Ke$ha concert themed countdown on her phone since the fall.

Bowen’s favorite Ke$ha song is “Your Love is My Drug.”

When asked what is their favorite Ke$ha song, many SMU students responded with “Blow,” “Tik Tok” and “Dinosaur.”

“Ke$ha [music] is the best for having a great time,” SMU student John Gray said.

Floor seats were $15 for SMU students and $20 to the general public. SMU students, however, could sit in the bleachers for free.

“I’m so excited because it’s Ke$ha, and it’s free,” Miller Walker said.

Ke$ha performs at SMU (MICHAEL DANSER/The Daily Campus)